This dissertation critiques both the existing theoretical conceptions of philosophical
counselling and accounts of its practice. It also compares philosophical counselling with
psychotherapy in order to point out the fallacy of the argument that philosophical
counselling is radically removed from all forms of psychotherapy.
It then presents and defends a four-stage model of philosophical counselling that
captures the best conceptions and reports of practice, one that is more comprehensive,
more positive (as opposed to the more common characterization of what it is not) more
explicit, and more definitive in its conceptualization than any that have been offered in
the philosophical counselling literature thus far. Furthermore, this model addresses more
of the actual needs of potential clients as they are highlighted in descriptive accounts and
case studies, and conforms more closely to justifiable normative criteria of what ought to
constitute practice in philosophical counselling than any of the currently existing models.
The final chapter highlights those areas in which philosophical counselling is superior
to the approaches found in psychotherapy, and explores the benefits of philosophical
counselling over other forms of counselling.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/9926 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Raabe, Peter Bruno |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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